It's game two of the Veikkausliiga season and a lot to play for. Read our detailed preview of SJK-HJK!
Both participants have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an animated match!
SJK form and stats
In the previous season, SJK's league stats were 7 wins, 7 draws and 8 losses, producing 7th place in the Veikkausliiga. Over these 22 matches they scored 17 goals and gave away 23. Appearing as the home team in the former season SJK managed 4-2-5 (win-draw-lost) with 7 goals and 11 conceded. When playing at home in the Veikkausliiga, SJK have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games.
The SJK club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host HIFK and win 2-1.
Before that, SJK had a League Cup home game versus HIFK which ended with a victory 1-0.Early season league goal statistics from SJK's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
HJK form and stats
Let's have a look at how HJK performed last season in the Veikkausliiga: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 53 and conceded 17 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 1 and lost 2 with 26/8 goals scored/conceded.
Terho scored in HJK's previous match, the home game against Honka that ended 1-0.
A 1-3 loss hosting Honka before that.Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings with these contenders: SJK won one, HJK were winners in six and we saw three draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Wolsztyński 2 goals |   R. Riski 2 goals |  R. Riski 2 goals |
SJK missing players
HJK missing players
| SJK | HJK | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SJK | Last season | HJK | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 11 | 7.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 2.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 21 | 17.7 | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 6.7 | ||
| 36% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | ||
| 8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 2.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | KuPS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | SJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | HJK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Haka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Honka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Oulu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | VPS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lahti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Mariehamn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | HIFK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Ilves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Inter Turku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
